News 2016 January 22

Throughput of port Vysotsk is flat, year-on-year, at 17.48 mln t in 2015

Throughput of port Ust-Luga up 16% to 87.86 mln t in 2015

Association of the Mediterranean Cruise ports meets in Koper

Throughput of port Primorsk up 11% to 59.60 mln t in 2015

Sergei Gorelik leaves the post of Deputy Head of Rosmorrechflot

Stena Bulk takes delivery of IMOIIMAX tanker Stena Imperative

MSC places embargo on shipments of shark-related products

Capacity of Russian ports is forecasted to grow by some 19.5 mln t and 900,000 TEUs per year

CICT mega liners boost Colombo Port volumes

Garip Y joins to Zeycan Y in Gemport

Throughput of Big Port St. Petersburg in 2015 fell by 16% to 51.51 mln t

M/V Inzhener Trubin (Murmansk Shipping Company) to deliver reinforced concrete structures for Yamal LNG project (photo)

Triton and TAL International receive all required antitrust clearances for proposed combination

CMA CGM suspends TBL Service to Bamako (Mali)

Russian Railways appoints Oleg Valinsky as Vice-President

OOCL posts 2015 results

BHOS students attend security training at SOCAR Education Training and Certification Department

Diana Shipping announces time charter contract for m/v Philadelphia with RWE

Bill on ratification of Protocol to Russia-China Agreement under Yamal LNG project presented to State Duma

Ocean Rig announces notice of termination for the ocean rig Olympia

Icebreakers escorted 21 vessels in the Gulf of Finland over the day-long period

APM Terminals finalizes Cartagena joint venture

Pacific Fleet ship detachment finished the visit to Shanghai and laid its course to Vladivostok

Star Bulk announces agreement to sell a capesize vessel for $37 mln

Iceberg small missile ship performed artillery firings in the Barents Sea

Azeri crude exports via port Ceyhan (Turkey) down 0.16% to 29.08 mln t in 2015

Brent Crude futures price up 3.48% to $30.66, Light Sweet Crude - up 3.88% to $30.68

Baltic Dry Index down to 355 points

IFO-380 HS price is still low at the port of Saint-Petersburg (graph)

MABUX: Bunker prices to hover around $25-$28 a barrel